Improvement in bag-ties



UNITED STATES JOHN BANNIHR, OF HEMPSTEAD, AND DANIEL H. RHODES, OF BALDWINS- PATENT OFFICE.

VILLE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN BAG-TIES.V

Si eccation foxmirg part of Letters Patent No 136,637, dated March 11, 1873.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN BANNIHR, of

Hempstead, in the countyof Queens and State ot' New York, and `DAMEL H. RHODES, of Baldwinsville, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Bag Tie, of which the following is a specification:

Our invention consists of two parallel plates connected together along one edge with a lever pivoted to the connecting-plate at one end and fastened to it at the other end by a hook when the string is fastened, which is accomplished by passing it through a hole in each of the parallel plates above the connectingplate when the lever is raised, then pressing the lever down across the string, drawing it down between the plates and wedging it fast, the lever being then 'fastenedby the hook.

Figure l is a side elevation of our improved tie,and part of bag tied Aby it. Fig. 2 is a top view of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a section of Fig. 2 on the line w.

Similar letters of' reference indicate correspoudingparts.

A represents thc two parallel plates, which are connectedl at one edge by a plate, B, the said plates being a suitable distance apart to make room for the binding-lever C and the string l), as shown in the several figures of the drawing. This connecting-plate Bis prolonged beyond the plates A at one end, and has a hook, E, at the end of said prolongation to engage the free end of the lever and hold it when it is swung down across the string to bind it fast between the two plates, the said string being passed through the plates at the holes F, when the lever, which is pivoted to the connecting-plate B, near the end opposite the hook for being so operated, is raised. It may, however, be pivoted to the plates A as well. Near where the lever is pivoted the plates A have one end of the string fastened to them, as shown at H, and thereabout the string is also attached to the bag for being kept in connection With it. The inside of the plates A and the connecting-plate may be roughened or corrugated Where the string is bound againstthem, for holding it more firmly. 

